wamo

Swahili

Verb

-wamo (infinitive kuwamo)

  1. to be inside (of a definite place)
    Watu wamo chumbani.
    The people are inside the room.
Conjugation
Conjugation of -wamo (irregular)
Gnomic -mo (irregular)
Subjunctive -wemo
Negative -mo (irregular)
Infinitives
Positive kuwamo
Negative kutokuwamo
Tensed forms
Habitual huwamo/huwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -likuwamo/-likuwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwamo/-kuwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -mo)
Singular Plural
1st person nimo tumo
2nd person umo mmo
3rd person m-wa(I/II) yumo wamo
other classes positive subject concord + -mo
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mo)
Singular Plural
1st person simo hatumo
2nd person humo hammo
3rd person m-wa hayumo hawamo
other classes negative subject concord + -mo
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wemo)
Singular Plural
1st person niwemo tuwemo
2nd person uwemo muwemo
3rd person m-wa(I/II) awemo wawemo
other classes positive subject concord + -wemo
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwemo
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuwamo/-ngekuwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuwamo/-singekuwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuwamo/-ngalikuwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuwamo/-singalikuwa
Gnomic see positive present
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuwamo/-mekuwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuwamo/-meshakuwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawamo/-jawa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwamo/-kiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuwamo/-sipokuwa
Consecutive kawamo/kawa / positive subject concord + -kawamo/-kawa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawemo
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -li- + relative marker + -mo)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -liyemo -liomo
m-mi(III/IV) -liomo -liyomo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilomo -liyomo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lichomo -livyomo
n(IX/X) -liyomo -lizomo
u(XI) -liomo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
General negative (positive subject concord + -si- + relative marker + -mo)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -siyemo -siomo
m-mi(III/IV) -siomo -siyomo
ji-ma(V/VI) -silomo -siyomo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sichomo -sivyomo
n(IX/X) -siyomo -sizomo
u(XI) -siomo see n(X) or ma(VI) class
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker[sw-conj 1] + relative marker + -kuwamo/-kuwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekuwamo/-yekuwa -okuwamo/-okuwa
m-mi(III/IV) -okuwamo/-okuwa -yokuwamo/-yokuwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuwamo/-lokuwa -yokuwamo/-yokuwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuwamo/-chokuwa -vyokuwamo/-vyokuwa
n(IX/X) -yokuwamo/-yokuwa -zokuwamo/-zokuwa
u(XI) -okuwamo/-okuwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
  1. Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive.
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See also
  • -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
  • -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)

Etymology 2

wa- + a stem of -wamo

Verb

wamo

  1. third-person plural (wa class(II)) positive degree present of -wamo (“they are (inside there)”)
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